英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0513 - 余进专访-职场女神是怎么炼成的

 Topic1 Can Women Have it AllNowadays women take up an increasing percentage of the workforce¹. But our workplaces are far from equal. In fact, many still hold on to the traditional view that a woman's best achievements lie in finding² a good husband and raising well-behaved children. Today, we've invited Yu Jin, global partner of McKinsey & Company and head of its Beijing office, to join our show, and together we'll talk about women's development in the workplace.

Topic2 Smartphone Shipments³ FallingAccording to data from IDC, in the first quarter of 2015, Chinese smartphone shipments are 4% less than the same period in the previous year, falling the first time in the past six years.

Is it a bad situation? What are the research's findings⁴ and conclusions?

Topic3 Beijing Music Festivals MovedChinese capital Beijing has seen a drop in its host of music festivals across a number of genres⁵ so far this year.

The same thing happened in Shanghai as well.

What could possibly be the reason?

Topic4 Company Takes 6,000 Employees to FranceIndividual travel is becoming more popular with Chinese tourists in recent years. But there're still those that just love to travel with a group. Recently a Chinese tour group consisting of over 6,000 people went to France, and what's more, the members are all from one company.

What's going on?

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 shipments   

船运，水运( shipment的名词复数 )； （从海路、陆路或空运的）一批货物

参考例句：

• The shipments are being expedited as much as possible. 装货速度在尽量加快。
• We received two shipments from Chicago. 我们收到从芝加哥运来的两船货物。

4 findings   

n.发现物( finding的名词复数 )；调查（或研究）的结果；（陪审团的）裁决

参考例句：

• It behoves us to study these findings carefully. 我们理应认真研究这些发现。
• Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。

5 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译